Cards and devices with magnetic emulators and magnetic reader read-head detectors
US8286876B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/03
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to act as a magnetic stripe read-head detector and a data transmitter. A multiple layer flexible PCB may be fabricated to include multiple magnetic emulators. Layers of the flexible PCB may include magnetic shielding in order to reduce interference from the magnetic emulators to particular read-heads on a magnetic stripe reader.
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